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posted 06-17-2004 11:05 PM         

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The terrorists in Saudi Arabia who kidnapped American Lockheed Martin employee Paul Johnson have threatened to kill him if certain al-Qaeda prisoners are not released by Friday. As of this writing, Johnson has fewer than 24 hours to live if the terrorists carry through on their threat.

The Saudi government has deployed more than 15,000 officers to conduct house-to-house searches of known radical enclaves throughout the kingdom. Both the United States and the House of Saud have said they will not negotiate with the terrorists.

I'd like to think we'll see a dramatic, last-minute rescue of Paul Johnson. To be blunt, I think the poor man is as good as dead. This is just another reminder that we are fighting a militarily impotent but clever enemy who will use our own media to try to win a psychological and political victory that they cannot duplicate on the battlefield.

My thoughts and prayers go out to Paul Johnson's family and friends.

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posted 06-18-2004 09:52 AM         

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Can someone tell me this nonsense is going to end sometime soon?

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posted 06-18-2004 01:33 PM         

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News release just came out saying that he was murdered.God Bless him......my sympathies to his family and all American families serving in these volatile countries!

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posted 06-22-2004 06:07 PM         

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The South Korean foreign ministry issued a statement confirming that businessman Kim Sun-il had been killed by his Al Qaeda-linked kidnappers, according to Yonhap, the South Korean news agency.

Al-Jazeera television reported that Kim, 33, had been beheaded, but the South Korean ministry didn't discuss the nature of his killing.

Kim's body was found west of Baghdad by U.S. personnel at 5:20 p.m. Iraq time. The body was booby-trapped with explosives when it was found.

Shin Young-ja(L) and Kim Jong-kyu, parents of South Korean Kim Sun-il who was kidnapped by Iraqi militants in Falluja, cry after hearing that their son had been killed.

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posted 06-25-2004 12:44 AM         

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I got this in my email today...

Letter Of Apology - Author unknown - sentiment shared.

For good and ill, the Iraqi prisoner abuse mess will remain an issue. On the one hand, right thinking Americans will abhor the stupidity of the actions while on the other hand, political glee will take control and fashion this minor event into some modern day My Lai massacre.
I heard some Arabs are asking for an apology. I humbly offer mine here:
I am sorry that the last seven times we Americans took up arms and sacrificed the blood of our youth, it was in the defense of Muslims (Bosnia, Kosovo, Gulf War 1, Kuwait, etc.).
I am sorry that no such call for an apology upon the extremists came after 9/11.
I am sorry that all of the murderers on 9/11 were Arabs.
I am sorry that Arabs have to live in squalor under savage
dictatorships.
I am sorry that their leaders squander their wealth. I am sorry that their governments breed hate for the US in their religious schools.
I am sorry that Yasir Arafat was kicked out of every Arab
country and highjacked the Palestinian "cause".
I am sorry that no other Arab country will take in or offer more than a token amount of financial help to those same Palestinians.
I am sorry that the USA has to step in and be the biggest
financial supporter of poverty stricken Arabs while the insanely wealthy Arabs blame the USA.
I am sorry that our own left wing elite and our media can't understand any of this.
I am sorry the United Nations scammed the poor people of Iraq out of the "food for oil" money so they could get rich while the common folk suffered.
I am sorry that some Arab governments pay the families of
homicide bombers upon their death.
I am sorry that those same bombers are seeking 72 virgins?I can't seem to find one here on Earth.
I am sorry that the homicide bombers think babies are a
legitimate target.
I am sorry that our troops died to free more Arabs. I am sorry they stopped the gang rape rooms and the filling of mass graves of dissidents.
I am sorry they show so much restraint when their brothers in arms are killed. I am sorry that Muslim extremists have killed more Arabs than any other group.
I am sorry that foreign trained terrorists are trying to seize control of Iraq and return it to a terrorist state.
I am sorry we don't drop a few dozen "Daisy Cutters" on
Fallujah. (Note: a "Daisy Cutter" is a 10,000 lb bomb, used to clear helicopter landing zones)
I am sorry every time terrorists hide they find a convenient "Holy Site".
I am sorry they didn't apologize for driving a jet into the World Trade Center that collapsed and severely damaged Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church - one of our Holy Sites.
I am sorry they didn't apologize for flight 93 and 175, the USS Cole, the embassy bombings, etc.
I am sorry Michael Moore is American; he could feed a medium sized village in Africa.
I am sorry the French are french?
America will get past this latest absurdity. We will punish those responsible because that is what we do. We hang out our dirty laundry for all the world to see. We move on. That's one of the reasons we are hated so much. We don't hide this stuff like all those Arab countries that are now demanding an apology.
Deep down inside, when most Americans saw this reported in the news, we were like - so what? We lost hundreds and made fun of a few prisoners. Sure, it was wrong, sure, it dramatically hurts our cause, but until captured we were trying to kill these same prisoners. Now we're supposed to wring our hands because a few were humiliated? Our compassion is tempered with the vivid memories of our own people killed, mutilated and burnt amongst a joyous crowd of celebrating Fallujans.
If you want an apology from this American, you're going to have a long wait. You have a better chance of finding those 72 virgins.

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posted 06-27-2004 12:13 AM         

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Now the SOBs have three Turks. Meanwhile in Ankara, the Turks are protesting the arrival of Bush for the NATO summit.

Where the hell are the anti-terrorism demonstrations? These muderous freaks are making your religion look like some kind of insane cult and you're protesting the leader of the country that has fought for, defended, and liberated Muslims in Kosovo, Bosnia, Afghanistan, Kuwait, and Iraq.

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posted 06-28-2004 07:22 AM         

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They have been this way for 100's of years nothing will change. They hate Americans!

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